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The History of the Black Attorney is divided into three parts:
- Part
1 outlines various publications concerning Black legal history.
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Part 2 contains a list of significant black
attorneys on a national scale.
- Part
3
is a list of names of successful black attorneys, both local and international.
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Journal Articles | Books
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The Collection
of information represented here are a result of citations or links.
It is meant to inspire you to continue your own search in to the History
of Black Attorneys rather than to be a complete
selection of all the relevant information then available. As a result,
the resources selected are for convenience rather than an actual endorsement
of the content of the site. We hope that this page will serve as a valuable
resource for your own discovery of the History
of Black Attorneys.
Law
Review Articles
Nathaniel
R. Jones. The Sisyphean Impact on Houstonian Jurisprudence.
69 University of Cincinnati Law Review 435 (2001).
A. Leon
Higginbotham Jr. Reflections on the impact of Charles Hamilton Houston
- from a unique perspective. (Charles Hamilton Houston Symposium)
27 New Eng. L. Rev. 605 (1993).
J. Clay
Smith, Jr., Justice, Jurisprudence, and the Black Lawyer, 69
Notre Dame L. Rev. 1077 (1994).
J. Clay
Smith, Jr., Thurgood Marshall: An Heir of Charles Hamilton Houston,
20 Hastings Constitutional L.Q. 503 (1993).
Frederick
Dunn. The Educational Philosophies of Washington, Dubois, and Houston:
Laying the Foundations for Afrocentrism and Multiculturalism. 62
Journal of Negro Education 24 (1993).
Mark Tushnet.
The politics of equality in constitutional law: the equal protection
clause, Dr. Du Bois, and Charles Hamilton Houston. 74 Journal of
American History 884 (1987).
Kluger,
Richard. The Legal Scholar Who Plotted the Road to Integrated Education.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 66-69 Sum 1994
Robert
L. Carter, William T. Coleman Jr., Jack Greenberg, Genna Rae McNeil,
J. Clay Smith Jr., In tribute: Charles Hamilton Houston. 111
Harv. L. Rev. 2167 (1998).
Remembered
Hero, Forgotten Contribution: Charles Hamilton Houston, Legal Realism,
and Labor Law. (A Tribute to Charles Hamilton Houston) J. Clay
Smith Jr., E. Desmond Hogan. 14 Harvard Blackletter Law Journal Spring
1 (1998).
Wielding
the double-edged sword: Charles Hamilton Houston and judicial activism
in the age of legal realism. (A Tribute to Charles Hamilton Houston)
Roger A. Fairfax Jr. Ibid.
Alfred
Gene Burton Jr. Charles Hamilton Houston: Unsung Civil Rights Hero.
84 Illinois Bar Journal 423 (1996).
(Charles
Hamilton Houston Commemorative Issue) 32 Howard Law Journal 468
(1998).
(Charles
Hamilton Houston Commemorative Issue) 32 Howard Law Journal 479 (1989).
Michael
Wilson Reed. The contribution of Charles Hamilton Houston to American
jurisprudence. 30 Howard Law Journal 1095 (1987).
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Books
Kluger,
Richard. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education
and Black America's Struggle for Equality, New York : Vintage Books,
1977. KF4155 .K55 1977
Smith,
J. Clay, Jr. Rebels In Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers,
Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press, 1998.
Great
African-American Lawyers: Raising the Bar of Freedom
Carole Boston Boston Weatherford Hardcover, January 2003
Motley,
Constance Baker , Equal Justice under Law: An Autobiography,
Paperback - 1 PBK ED, September 1999
A. Leon
Higginbotham, Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions
of the American Legal Process Race and the American Legal Process, Volume
II
A. Leon
Higginbotham, In the Matter of Color
Race and the American Legal Process 1: The Colonial Period
Geraldine
R. Segal, Blacks in the law : Philadelphia and the Nation foreword
by A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 1983
Smith,
J. Clay. Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993. KF299.A35 S65
1993
McNeil,
Genna Rae. Groundwork: Charles Hamilton Houston and the struggle
for civil rights. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press,
1983. KF 373 H644 M3 1983
Greenberg,
Jack. Crusaders in the courts: how a dedicated band of lawyers fought
for the civil rights revolution. New York, NY: BasicBooks, 1994.
KF4757 .G699 1994
Tushnet,
Mark V. The NAACP's legal strategy against segregated education,
1925-1950. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
KF4155 .T87 1987
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Museum
Exhibits
The Damon
J. Keith Collection of African American Legal History at
Wayne State University Law School was created to meet the need for a
central repository for the nation's African American legal history.
The collection, initiated by Professor Emeritus Edward J. Littlejohn,
is dedicated to recording the history of African American lawyers and
judges. It will be in the DC Metro Area Summer 2004:
May
3, 2004 - July 29, 2004
Exhibition Marching Toward Justice
50th Anniversary Celebration of
Brown vs. Board of Education
Howard University School of Law
2900 Van Ness St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
The
Marching Toward Justice Exhibit
was created by the Damon J. Keith Collection to inform the public
about the fundamental importance of the 14th Amendment and our nation's
ongoing quest to realize the high ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
It tells the story of our government's promotion of justice and equality
for some, while condoning the enslavement of others.
The
Smithsonian: On Dec. 16, 2003, President George W. Bush signed
legislation to create a National Museum of African
American History and Culture within the Smithsonian
Institution. This new museum will be devoted to the documentation
of African American life, art, history and culture. The Institute provides
a list internet sources to African
American History and Culture. You can also explore a list of African
American Heritage resources at the Smithsonian.
Other
Museums: A working list of African American History Museums
is available from AcademicInfo.Net
and BlackRefer.com.
Websites
The
Just the Beginning Foundation (JTBF) From Slavery to
the Supreme Court is a multi-racial organization
of lawyers, judges, and other individuals formed in 1993 to commemorate,
preserve, and educate the public about the contributions of African
Americans to the federal judicial system. The foundation commemorates
the contributions of African-Americans to the federal judiciary, and
documents the experiences of African-American lawyers and judges. Since
1789, more than 2,540 Article III federal judges have been appointed
in the United States. Of that number, only 106 have been African Americans.
JTBF commemorates
the contribution of African Americans to the federal judiciary; educates
the public about the struggles and successes of African American lawyers
and judges; collects preserve and disseminate historical and other information
on African Americans in the federal judicial system; and provides financial
support for students who exemplify JTBF's goals, and demonstrate a commitment
to public service.
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